Who's Afraid?

Pro-female suffrage propaganda postcard published by the Suffrage Atelier. The postcard refers to the Conciliation Bill and visually represents the number of males voters compared with female voters - this being 7 men to 1 woman, if the Conciliation Bill was passed. With the caption 'Who's Afraid ? Not I' the postcard attempts to reassure those who feared the passing of the Bill would disrupt social order by enfranchising large numbers of female voters.

The Suffrage Atelier was founded in London in February 1909. Its aim was: 'to encourage Artists to forward the Women's Movement, and particularly the Enfranchisement of Women, by means of pictorial publications.'
The Atelier artists specialised in hand-made wooden block prints, stencilling and etchings and produced visually powerful posters and postcards to publicise the pro-suffrage campaign.